A You Gov opinion poll (2033 respondents questioned on 19 & 20 Sept) commissioned by Animal Aid shows that 48% of people would ban driven grouse shooting – only 28% oppose a ban. So when you take out the undecideds that’s 63% in favour of a ban and 37% against it. Since 52% is enough…
Author: Mark
Born Bristol, UK
Educated: Cleeve House School Bristol, Bristol Grammar School and Downing College Cambridge
Ph.D. University of Aberdeen, Winter activity of pipistrelle bats.
NERC post-doctoral Research Fellow, Edward Grey Institute, Oxford University
Former Conservation Director of the RSPB, 1989-2011
Defra firmly in the shooting camp.
There is a pro-grouse-shooting e-petition which is stumbling forward – it has almost reached 19,000 signatures after 7 weeks (in comparison, our e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting got there in under half the time – who said driven grouse shooting is popular?). Defra has just published its response to this e-petition which is as…
Those 123,076 of us
123,076 of us signed the e-petition to ban driven grouse shooting. And you only have to glance at the map of signatures to see that the signatures come predominantly from rural constituencies in England, Scotland and Wales. If you have a map of the last general election’s results in your head you can quickly compute…
Dunlin at Dove Stone
Nesting Curlews and Dunlin were recorded in record numbers at Dove Stone nature reserve in the Peak District this year thanks to blanket bog habitat restoration. Over the summer, the RSPB recorded 44 pairs of Dunlin at the Saddleworth site, an increase of 37 pairs since 2004 and one pair up on last year’s previous…
World Land Trust – Big Match Fortnight
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We are in Big Match Fortnight – a period where your donation to the World Land Trust appeal to protect a habitat corridor for Indian Elephants will be doubled! I’m a council member of WLT so I get to see some of the excellent work that goes on behind the scenes to protect wildlife, with…